8 hours agoMama Samia: Who is the new president of Tanzania, the country that has recognised Kosovo
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)On Wednesday evening, she was sworn in as president of Tanzania one of Africa's most democratic countries after former President John Maguful died. She was the vice president of Tanzania since 2015, and under the constitution she will serve in the most important state position for the remaining five-year term [...]
She was the vice president of Tanzania since 2015, and under the constitution she will serve in the most important state position for the remaining five-year term ending in 2024.
She becomes the first female leader of Africa since the presidential post in Ethiopia is largely ceremonial, writes BBC, translates Periscope.
61 year-old is known as Mama Samia.
But it was a surprising election as vice president in 2015, standing before some very important political figures in Tanzania at the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which has been in power in one form or another since 1961.
We remember Tanzania is not part of the list of states that have refused recognition of Kosovo's independence.
Unlike President Maguful, she seems less impulsive as a personality. /Periscope
